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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#typehttp://purl.uniprot.org/core/Journal_Citation
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#typehttp://purl.uniprot.org/core/Journal_Citation
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment"Most examples of cell death in animals are controlled by a genetic program that is activated within the dying cell. The apoptotic process is further regulated by a set of genes that act as repressors of cell death. Of these, bcl-2 is expressed in a variety of embryonic and postnatal tissues which suggests a critical role for bcl-2 in organogenesis and tissue homeostasis. Surprisingly, mutant mice with targeted disruption of bcl-2 appear normal at birth and complete maturation of lymphoid tissues before succumbing to fulminant lymphopenia and polycystic renal disease by 2-5 weeks of age. This suggests that there may be genes other than bcl-2 that can regulate apoptosis during development. To begin to investigate this possibility, we have cloned and characterized the murine bcl-x gene, whose human counterpart displays striking homology to bcl-2. The predicted murine bcl-xL gene product exhibits a high level of amino acid identity (97%) to its human counterpart. Just like Bcl-2, the murine bcl-xL gene product can act as a dominant inhibitor of cell death upon growth factor withdrawal. In addition, the bulk of the bcl-xL product localizes to the periphery of mitochondria as assessed by a bcl-xL-tag expression system, suggesting that both Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL proteins prevent cell death by a similar mechanism. bcl-xL is the most abundant bcl-x mRNA species expressed in embryonic and adult tissues. The levels of bcl-xL mRNA appear higher than those of bcl-2 during embryonal development and in several adult organs including bone marrow, brain, kidney and thymus. In addition to bcl-xL, we have identified another form of bcl-x mRNA, bcl-x beta, that results from an unspliced bcl-x transcript. bcl-x beta mRNA is expressed in various embryonic and postnatal tissues. Surprisingly, the expression of bcl-xS (a negative regulator of programmed cell death) was undetectable by a sensitive S1-nuclease assay and polymerase chain reaction analysis of mouse tissues. Based on its tissue and developmental patterns of expression, it appears that bcl-x may play an important role in the regulation of cell death during development and tissue homeostasis."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier"doi:10.1242/dev.120.10.3033"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier"doi:10.1242/dev.120.10.3033"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Ding L."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Ding L."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Duan L."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Duan L."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Thompson C.B."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Thompson C.B."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Nunez G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Nunez G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Gonzalez-Garcia M."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Gonzalez-Garcia M."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Boise L.H."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Boise L.H."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Perez-Ballestero R."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Perez-Ballestero R."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/date"1994"xsd:gYear
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/date"1994"xsd:gYear
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/name"Development"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/name"Development"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/pages"3033-3042"xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/7607090http://purl.uniprot.org/core/pages"3033-3042"xsd:string
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